Sentences with phrase «of protracted legal battles»

And all the while, through the years of protracted legal battles trying to prove «parental alienation» in Court, the child's symptoms become ever more severely entrenched, so that recovering the authentic child becomes increasingly difficult even if there is a positive outcome in Court.

The NYC wing of the party, for example, is home to the controversial activist Lenora Fulani has never gotten along with MacKay and has been sidelined by him through a number of protracted legal battles.

The Working Families Party is celebrating the end of a protracted legal battle over its efforts in the 2009 NYC elections that lead to the demise of its for - profit arm, Data & Field Services, but ultimately resulted in no charges against the labor - backed party.

Chuck's interrogation of Dollar Bill does not go as planned, and political pressure mounts for him to recuse himself in the face of a protracted legal battle.

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It has been a difficult year for the WFP after its heady success of the 2009 NYC elections, thanks largely to a federal investigation and a protracted legal battle with former Deputy Mayor Randy Mastro.

Taub waged a protracted legal battle against Columbia following its 2015 decision to demote him with six months» notice of dismissal from his $ 300,000 - a-year gig.

According to Sparaco, the resolution effectively prevents further legal action on the part of the county executive by stripping funding from any further appeals, a decision which could end a protracted legal battle.

Aaron has faced the sort of legal problems — from payment disputes with contractors to his protracted battles with local governments over property tax bills — that are not unusual for real estate developers.

His support eroded within four days as members studied the federal indictment against him and weighed the political cost of standing by him through a protracted legal battle.

A protracted legal battle over an $ 11.5 - million health study into whether diesel exhaust damages the lungs of miners has suddenly widened to take on scientific peer review.

After years of experiments, a protracted battle to grant them legal «personhood,» and a life spent bouncing between two scientific facilities, two of the world's most famous research chimpanzees have finally retired.

[1] After a protracted legal battle between the American Civil Liberties Union and the U.S. Patent Office against Myriad, the Supreme Court ruled that isolated genes were a «product of nature» and therefore not patent eligible.

In 2006, Villaraigosa tried taking control of the governance of LA Unified but failed after a protracted political and legal battle.

In statements released today, Hachette and HarperCollins admitted to no wrongdoing and said they settled reluctantly, in order to avoid protracted legal battles and high court costs that, in the words of Hachette, would be «too disruptive to our business.»

The real take away here is that the suit brought by the coalition of state Attorneys General, as well as the previous suit brought by Murray Oil, are just the beginning of what could be a protracted legal battle to come — which would further delay action on reducing dangerous global warming emissions.

Many trolls choose to go after smaller companies that don't have the resources for a protracted legal battle and often settle out of court.

The application of the «real and substantial connection» test for enforcement of foreign judgments was further clarified by the Ontario Court of Appeal in a recent decision, part of a bitter and protracted legal battle over nearly $ 10 billion in environmental damages caused by the operations of Texaco (later acquired by the defendant Chevron) in Ecuador.

I'm only critical of personal injury lawyers who strive to create lengthy medico - legal expert witness battles that give rise to protracted litigation thus further driving up litigation costs — or who fail to challenge even completely unqualified insurer defence «experts» because by purging them from the system there loss would result in far less (predictable) accusations of opportunistic malingering requiring litigation.

It may even result in bankruptcy, particularly if a lack of prenuptial agreements, shareholder agreements or buy - sell agreements results in a protracted legal battle over assets.

We have a lengthy track record of doing what it takes to seek justice for our clients — even when that means a protracted legal battle.

At the time of the evaluation she lived with her parents, who supplemented the child support payments and funded her protracted legal battle with her ex-husband.

When you think of separating or divorcing, the images that likely come to mind are scenes from movies: fighting, out - of - control emotions, spiraling financial costs, a protracted legal battle, and someone in a black robe making decisions that will impact you and your family for years to come.